69 G Mr. W. L. Distant's 



HETEROPTERA. 



Family PENTATOMIDiE. 



Subfamily ASOFINM. 



Platynoims hornecnsis, sp. 



Bright shining metallic olivaceous-green ; anterior lateral margins, 

 and two small central spots to anterior area of pronotum, a large spot 

 near each basal angle and the apex (broadly) of the scutellum, a 

 small obscure spot at apex of corium, and a large spot on each lateral 

 margin of membrane, ochraceous ; eyes, antennas, pronotal spines and 

 membrane piceous ; corium pnrplish-brown with its lateral margins 

 olivaceous ; body beneath and legs ochraceous, the marginal areas 

 olivaceous, containing a segmental series of ochraceous spots ; 

 abdominal segments with some broken transverse castaneous fascia;. 



Antennje with the second joint about equal in length to the third, 

 fourth and fifth longest and subequal ; head coarsely jDunctate and 

 transversely wrinkled, its lateral margins distinctly refiexed ; pro- 

 notum sparingly and very coarsely punctate, the lateral angles longly 

 and acutely produced, their apices slightly recurved ; scutellum 

 excluding the levigate spots coarsely but sparingly punctate ; corium 

 thickly and finely punctate ; membrane extending consideraltly 

 beyond the apex of the abdomen. 



Long. 12 to 14 millim. Exp. pronot. ang. 8 to 9 millim. 



Halntat. Bokneo, S. E. Districts (Doherty — Coll. Dist.) ; 

 Pampat (Sbelford — Sarawak Mus.). 



Allied to P. iMus, Walk., and differing structurally by 

 the apices of the pronotal spines which are not notched as 

 in Walker's species. 



Subfamily TESSABATOMIN^. 

 Pygoplatys montanus, sp. n. 



Brownish-ochraceous ; head, anterior area and spines to pronotum 

 and connexivum pale castaneous ; antennse, body beneath and legs 

 pale ochraceous, stigmatal spots distinctly darker. 



Body broad, oblong, scarcely narrowed at apex ; antennte stout, 

 second joint slightly longer than the third, third and fourth subequal 

 in length, fourth with the basal area fuscous ; head wrinkled and 

 coarsely punctate ; pronotum sparingly but very coarsely punctate 

 from the area of the pronotal angles to apex, posterior area finely and 

 obscurely punctate, lateral angles robust, very coarsely punctate, 



